The story of the St. Louis is told through the eyes of two Jewish children who were passengers on board the ship when it was refused safe harbor by North American governments and sent back to Nazi Europe.

Re: New book To Hope and Back tells true story of the St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Europe

Nazi Europe?? Europe was a lot of things other than "nazi". And all Europeans were not members of the Nazi Party of Germany!! There are other countries over there!

"Nazi Europe", used as a condemnation of all Europe, is an obvious trigger term, much like "the segregationist South" is popular among yankee liberals who lived in the segregationist north.

And, oh my. Told through the eyes of (sniff, sob) children. Doesn't that just touch your heart? I wonder if the book will have cardboard cut-outs of gas chambers that pop up when a page is opened. And is it written using a ball point pen?

Re: New book To Hope and Back tells true story of the St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Europe

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Originally Posted by richyrichard

Nazi Europe?? Europe was a lot of things other than "nazi". And all Europeans were not members of the Nazi Party of Germany!! There are other countries over there!

"Nazi Europe", used as a condemnation of all Europe, is an obvious trigger term, much like "the segregationist South" is popular among yankee liberals who lived in the segregationist north.

And, oh my. Told through the eyes of (sniff, sob) children. Doesn't that just touch your heart? I wonder if the book will have cardboard cut-outs of gas chambers that pop up when a page is opened. And is it written using a ball point pen?

Makes you wonder about the story that the Nazis killed all Jewish children under the age of 15 because they couldn't perform useful manual labor.

1939 - they survived years and years of Nazi rule and they are now telling their story in 2011?

Re: New book To Hope and Back tells true story of the St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Europe

I wish they did kill all the ones under 15 since this story would be long over. They killed no one on purpose, if u could not work (which Jew's can not do) then u succumbed to disease and such. Enough of this babbling. If my beloved Germans did this strange thing called the extermination then there would not be any left. My ancestors can make many quality items and are anal to a fault and if they wanted they would have eleminate the Juden (parasites) they would have .

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Originally Posted by Deegan

Makes you wonder about the story that the Nazis killed all Jewish children under the age of 15 because they couldn't perform useful manual labor.

1939 - they survived years and years of Nazi rule and they are now telling their story in 2011?

Re: New book To Hope and Back tells true story of the St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Europe

The Cruise of the SS St Louis is a true story--but getting a true account into the public domain seems to be quite an effort.
Readers may recall the book and film "Voyage of the Damned". Neither that book or film makes clear the involvement of the Zionist "Jewish Relief Committee" in refusing to either negotiate with various authorities or provide money for visas to allow (stateless) Jews to land in Cuba.
While "history" records that of the 930 Jews who sailed on the SS St Louis 254 "died in the Holocaust"--this figure includes one man who died in an air raid in London during the Blitz, another who died in a traffic accident and a family of five who were kiled during an air raid on Rotterdam in 1940--as to how many died as a result of anti-Jewish laws imposed by German occupation forces, well, guess.
None of the passengers were returned to Germany in 1939, but were given asylum in various European countries.